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librarypunk is a leftist library worker podcast.
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Nov 11, 2022
Nov 11, 2022
1 hr 2 min
Docudrama time! We’re watching F for Fake (1973), the world’s first breadtube essay. We discuss the nature of art, lies, forgeries, markets, and how bad editing is ableism.
Readings
Nov 5, 2022
Nov 5, 2022
1 hr 7 min
We’re talking with Beatrice Adler-Bolton from Death Panel and the author of Health Communism. We talk about accommodations, surplus populations, extraction, and communism.
https://twitter.com/realLandsEnd
https://www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism
Readings
Health Communism (10/20/22) by Death Panel podcast
Man's Search for Meaning - Wikipedia
Capitalism and Disability - Marta Russell
Histories of the Transgender Child — University of Minnesota Press
Oct 21, 2022
Oct 21, 2022
1 hr 6 min
We’re doing metadata anarchy this week. Come for the creative destruction, stay for the Reddit questions.
Readings
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/petr-kropotkin-on-order
Media mentioned
- Ask Reddit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G56_mQwyBM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caliban_and_the_Witch
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/669547
https://litwinbooks.com/books/feminist-pedagogy-for-library-instruction/
Oct 6, 2022
Oct 6, 2022
59 min
We’re talking anime with Leslie from Fangs for the Memories! Click the link for a long list of all the anime we mentioned!
https://twitter.com/FangsPodcast
https://www.patreon.com/fangscast/posts
https://twitter.com/dangitleslie
Media mentioned
Yaoi Paddle Kickstarter Faces Intellectual Property Dispute
The Crow (1994 film) - Wikipedia
Russian Workout Routine Exercise Training with Bears, Preparing for Ukraine Invasion #Shorts 🐻💤 𝓦𝓞𝓦
HBO Max Controversies Serve As A Reminder Of Why Physical Media Matters
Anam An Amhrain DVD – CartoonSaloon
The Secret of Kells - Wikipedia
Anime Clubs and Licensing : r/Libraries
The Crow Comic Accompaniment by Trust Obey- "Fear And Bullets" (ETR078 | Enjoy The Ride Records
Anime mentioned
Pokémon (TV series) - Wikipedia
Ghost in the Shell - Wikipedia
Millennium Actress - Wikipedia
Space Patrol Luluco - Wikipedia
How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? - Wikipedia
Space Battleship Yamato - Wikipedia
Bleach (TV series) - Wikipedia
Samurai Pizza Cats - Wikipedia
Oct 4, 2022
Oct 4, 2022
1 hr 21 min
This week Sadie is teaching Jay and Justin about cybersecurity. Phishing, bitcoin, CISA-lords, and more!
Readings
Media mentioned:
Line Goes Up – The Problem With NFTs
CISA can’t definitively say if ransomware is getting better or worse | Cybersecurity Dive
How the YubiKey Works | Yubico
Just Delete Me | A directory of direct links to delete your account from web services.
Sep 28, 2022
Sep 28, 2022
1 hr 1 min
Movie time! We're watching the 2018 heist film American Animals, based on the real theft of rare books from Transylvania University's special collections. We talk about libraries and the carceral state, the worth of library workers versus special collections, and birds.
Media Mentioned
https://www.vulture.com/2018/06/the-real-life-heist-caper-behind-american-animals.html
https://www.audubon.org/news/in-american-animals-audubons-art-source-obsession-greed-and-infamy
Sep 13, 2022
Sep 13, 2022
58 min
We’re talkin’ manga collections again! Ashley Hawkins comes on to talk about school libraries, manga collections, book challenges, and generally give us some reading recommendations!
Ashley Hawkins (@manga_librarian) / Twitter
Guide to Graphic Novels in Libraries
Manga Collection Development for Librarians: The Basics
School Librarians United with Amy Hermon: 141 Manga Librarian
Manga and Women: Buying Manga for School Libraries in the #MeToo Era
Media Referenced
Sep 10, 2022
Sep 10, 2022
1 hr 8 min
This week we’re joined by Emily Knox!
If you ever feel like books are conflated with ideas themselves, this is a good one to listen to. Why do books hold such power in a time where we assume nobody reads them?
Book Banning in 21st-Century America - 9781442231689
Foundations of Intellectual Freedom | ALA Store
Media mentioned
Books, censorship, and anti-intellectualism in schools
The Lily goes 'Incognito': Why we made a zine about secrecy
Conduct Unbecoming: Gays & Lesbians in the U.S. Military: Shilts, Randy: 9780449909171: Amazon.com
Aug 22, 2022
Aug 22, 2022
1 hr 6 min
We're talking with Scarlet Galvan, the new VPO for Negotiations at SPARC about how library contract negotiations work and can work better in the future!
https://twitter.com/panoptigoth
Media mentioned
UNT Manifesto: Expectations for Library Vendors.
Aug 18, 2022
Aug 18, 2022
1 hr 4 min
This week we’re joined by Audrey and Donovan from Radio Free Tote Bag! We talk about the ever-important issue of sex and libraries. We finally have answers for the questions you were too afraid to ask!
https://twitter.com/rftbAudrey
Media mentioned
#212 A Badly Edited Collage of Disappointment feat. Liam Anderson and Rin | Radio Free Tote Bag
#101 John Fucking McAfee feat. John and Janice McAfee | Radio Free Tote Bag
John Waters - This Filthy World (2006 Special) [1080P HD]
049 - Party Girl (1995) feat Luisa Díez
#127 Buy A Butt Plug And Read Up On Stoicism | Radio Free Tote Bag